2003.49.1

Brown leather Gladstone bag used Royal Bank of Scotland staff at the weekly branch opening in Balemartine (Donald Farquhar`s house) from 1950 until 1990.

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Mobile banking in the 1950s

This leather Gladstone bag was used by Royal Bank of Scotland staff to transfer paperwork and cash from the branch at Scarinish to their branch at Balemartine for their once-weekly opening during the 1950s. The bank was in the house opposite Blue Beyond art gallery.

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